Developmental time course of the acquisition of sequential egocentric and allocentric navigation strategies

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-350

  Bullens, Jessie ^a   Iglói, Kinga ^b   Berthoz, Alain ^b   Postma, Albert ^a   Rondi Reig, Laure ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Allocentric; Children; Development; Navigation strategies; Sequential egocentric; StarMaze

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77954760658     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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